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Re: 2016-17 NHL Hockey Season Thread

The Ottawa Senators are two wins away from their first Stanley Cup appearance since 2007.

Guy Boucher's Sens used a four-goal first period barrage to frustrate the Pittsburgh Penguins en route to a dominating 5-1 rout in Game 3 and take a 2-1 Eastern Conference Finals best-of-seven series lead.

Mike Hoffman set the tone early with the opening goal 48 seconds into the game.

Marc Methot and Derick Brassard each added a goal and assist to continue Marc-Andre Fleury's misery.

Zack Smith delivered the knockout punch on Fleury at 12:52 of the first period as Fleury was pulled after allowing four goals on nine shots.

Re: 2016-17 NHL Hockey Season Thread

Until this postseason, the Nashville Predators didn't make a Conference Final in their 17-year franchise history.

On Monday inside the raucous Bridgestone Arena, Peter Laviolette and the Preds will have a chance to clinch their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance in team history.

The Preds win Game 5 over the Anaheim Ducks inside Honda Center to take a 3-2 Western Conference Finals series lead back to the Music City for Game 6.

After a scoreless first period, Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson left the game for undisclosed reasons after stopping all 10 shots he faced.

Jonathan Bernier came in and took over for the rest of the game.

The Ducks drew first blood at 12:46 when Chris Wagner scored his second goal of the playoffs after doing the dirty work in front of Nashville netminder Pekka Rinne.

However, the Preds made it 1-1 before the end of the second period on the power play when Colin Wilson scored his second in front of the net.

Nashville took their first lead of Game 5 at 11:01 of the third period.

Rinne made several of his 32 saves in a scramble in front of the net and Mattias Ekholm saved one goal on one end and then skated to the other of the side of the ice, fed a pass to Filip Forsberg and Pontus Aberg, who came into the lineup with Ryan Johansen out for the rest of the playoffs with a thigh injury and Mike Fisher banged up, scored the go-ahead tally.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6StApu7TMg

Aberg had to leave the game later for concussion protocol. Aberg also had a faceplant earlier in the period.

Rinne kept the Ducks at bay again and Austin Watson sealed Game 5 with an empty netter.

Randy Caryle hopes the Ducks turn back the clock to 1997 when in Round 1 of that postseason, the Ducks lost Game 5 at home to the Phoenix Coyotes, but won Game 6 in overtime off a Paul Kariya winner to force a Game 7 back in their building and won that game and that series.

If the Preds win, Nashville books a spot in the Stanley Cup Finals. If the Ducks triumph, they will force a winner-take-all Game 7 back in Honda Center on Wednesday May 24.

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose." - Ayrton Senna

Re: 2016-17 NHL Hockey Season Thread

Meanwhile in the 2017 IIHF World Championships on Sunday, it will be Canada gunning for their 27th IIHF World Championship Gold Medal, tying them with Russia for the most of all-time, as they take on Sweden who is looking to win their 10th.

Canada defeated Russia 4-2 while Sweden trounced Finland 4-1.

Russia and Finland duke it out for bronze.

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose." - Ayrton Senna

10 different Penguins scored at least a point with Evgeni Malkin and Carter Rowney each having three assists.

Sidney Crosby, Trevor Daley, Phil Kessel and Bryan Rust each chipped in with a goal and assist as the Pens pounced on a lot of Senator turnovers and poor goalie play from Craig Anderson who was pulled after allowing four goals on 14 shots.

Pittsburgh also went a perfect 3/3 on the power play and killed all four Ottawa power plays.

Guy Boucher's men also took another blow as Erik Karlsson left the game banged up.

Penguins goalie Matt Murray had a 25-save shutout.

Game 6 in Ottawa's Canadian Tire Centre on Tuesday.

If the Penguins win, they book their spot in the Stanley Cup Finals. If the Senators win, they force a Game 7 back in Pittsburgh's PPG Paints Arena on Thursday May 25.

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose." - Ayrton Senna